76:1 hal ataa 'Alal insaani Hiynum minad dahri lam yakun shay-am madhkuuraa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Indeed there has been a time for man, when even his name did not exist anywhere.

Yusuf Ali:
Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was nothing - (not even) mentioned?

Pickthal:
Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?